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Google Chrome’s Other Device Feature [Beginners’ Guide]

Tim September 11, 2012 147

My life revolves around the web. From the time I start work to the time I drag myself outside to walk my dogs, I am constantly surfing, reading, and all of the other descriptive words I could use to get the point across that I use the Internet a whole lot. One...

How to: Edit Contacts on Android [Beginners’ Guide]

Tim September 10, 2012 104

One of the more heavily received requests for the Beginners' Guide we have gotten is for a quick guide to editing contacts on an Android device. Unfortunately, we realize it may not be as straight forward as one would hope, so hopefully this little guide can...

How to: Create Folders in Android [Beginners’ Guide]

Kellen September 7, 2012 59

When the Android team initially introduced us to Ice Cream Sandwich, one of the first features they showed off was the ability to quickly create folders of apps. The method is exactly the same in Jelly Bean, so even if you are still running Android 4.0,...

How to: Change Lock Screen Settings on Android [Beginners’ Guide]

Kellen August 31, 2012 15

The lock screen on your Android phone will forever be your most visited screen. Every single time you turn your phone on or wake it up, you have to do something at the lock screen. For some, a simple slide of the lock icon will unlock your phone, but for...

How to: Disable Application Notifications in Jelly Bean [Beginners’ Guide]

Tim August 28, 2012 22

We have all been there. You download an application from Google Play, then all of a sudden it's sending you notifications every ten minutes and annoys you to no end. Thankfully, with the introduction of Jelly Bean, Google has enabled the ability to disable any...

How to: Take Screenshots and Share Them on an Android Device [Beginners’ Guide]

Kellen August 27, 2012 56

For those new to Android, and the target audience of this guide, you may not know this, but taking screenshots on an Android device used to be quite the task. In fact, if you didn't own a Samsung device, you had to root your phone and install a 3rd party app...

How to: Set Up Lock Screen Owner Info on Jelly Bean [Beginners’ Guide]

Tim August 16, 2012 158

You always want to make sure your Android device is secure. But what happens when you accidentally leave your phone somewhere and someone picks it up? In some cases, they're likely to turn it on to see if there is contact information available. Luckily,...

How to: Add a Contact to Your Google Account on Jelly Bean [Beginners’ Guide]

Tim August 15, 2012 32

When setting up your Google account on an Android device, it will port all of your already saved numbers to that device. But what if you want to add a new contact to your account after the fact? There are a couple of ways to go about this, so let's get started...